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Former Detroit Officers Award $6.5 Million in Whistleblower Lawsuit

Loaded on April 15, 2013

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Government Misconduct. Location: Michigan.

A Michigan jury found the former mayor and City of Detroit liable of violating the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA) and awarded a pair of ex-police officers $6.5 million.

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit were found liable by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury of violating Michigan’s ...

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